Wall-tie assembly for use in the construction of waterproof walls



Feb. 11, 1969 A. A. HALA 3,426,494 WALL-TIE ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF WATERPROOF WALLS Original Filed May 17, 1965 Sheet of 5 INVENTOR. ALFRED A. HALA PM MM ATTORNEY Feb. 11, 1969 A. A. HALA 3,426,494

WALL-TIE ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF WATERPROOF WALLS Original Filed May 17, 1965 Sheet 2 of 3 IZA lA/VENTOE ALFRED A. HAL A A. A. HALA FEB. 11, 1969 WALL-TIE ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF WATERPROOF WALLS Sheet Original Filed May 17, 1965 INVENIUK ALFRED A. HALA m D A TTORNEY United States Patent 3,426,494 WALL-TIEASSEMBLY FOR USE IN THE CON- STRUCTION 0F WATERPROOF WALLS Alfred A. Hala, 28 Meeks Lane,

Islip, NY. 11751 Continuation of application Ser. No. 456,367, May 17, 1965, This application Aug. 15, 1967, Ser. No. 669,338 US. Cl. 52-410 28 Claims Int. Cl. E041) 2/28, 1/ 68; E04c /0] ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE The present invention provides a new and novel walltie comprising a metal wire having a pair of circular discs slidably mountedthereon in frictional engagement with the wire. The wall-tie is intended to be mounted between the inner and outer wythes of a wall assembly, and the discs serve to positionally secure waterproof membran sheets between the wythes.

The present invention relates to a new and novel type wall-tie, and more particularly to wall-ties for utilization with waterproof membranes for the construction of waterfproof walls.

The present application is a continuation of my copending patent application, Ser. No. 456,367, filed May 17, 1965 and entitled, Wall-Tie for Use in the Construction of Waterproof Walls, now abandoned.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a wall-tie for interconnecting inner and outer wythes or walls of masonry or other type structural materials, and for positionally securing a waterproof membrane between said wythes to provide a waterproof intersection therebetween.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a wall-tie which will permit a waterproof membrane to be connected to said Wall-tie to form a waterproof intersection between the inner and outer wythes of a building or the like without necessitating the use of cementing materials.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a Wall-tie which will permit a waterproof membrane to be held in place after it has been applied to the exterior face of the inner wythe, but before the construction of the outer wythe, and thus before the waterproof membrane has been built-in as an integral part of the wall.

It is a further object of the present invention to pro- 3,426,494 Patented Feb. 11, 1969 considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a wall-tie constructed in accordance with the present invention.

FIGURE 2 is a side view of the wall-tie shown in FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 3 is a side sectional view through a wall assembly showing the wall-tie of the present invention having waterproof membranes connected thereto and secured thereby.

FIGURE 4 is a front view of the inner portion of the wall assembly taken on the line 4-4 of FIGURE 3.

FIGURE 5 is a top view of a second embodiment of the present invention depicting a wall reinforcing memher having a plurality of wall-tie cross-members connected thereto.

FIGURE 6 is a top view of the wall reinforcing member shown in FIGURE 5 interconnected between the inner and outer wythes of a wall assembly.

FIGURE 7 is a perspective view of a wall-tie constructed in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIGURE 8 is a side view of the wall-tie shown in FIGURE 7.

FIGURE 9 is a side sectional view through a wall assembly having a waterproof membrane connected between the inner and outer wythes thereof by means of the wall-tie shown in FIGURE 7.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a walltie 10, constructed in accordance with the present invention, said wall-tie comprising a metal wire 12 having a circular cross-section and a pair of circular discs 14 and 16, respectively, preferably made of plastic, but which may be made of any other suitable material for the purpose for which they are utilized, which purpose will be explained in more detail hereinafter.

The wire 12 is initially of a straight or linear configuration and is inserted through centrally disposed openings 18 and 20 in the discs 14 and 16, respectively; as seen in FIG- URE 2. The openings 18 and 20 are preferably made slightly larger than the diameter of the wire 12 wherein there is a tight fit of said wire within said openings so as to form a substantially waterproof interconnection therebetween, while still permitting slidable movement of said discs upon said wire when a sufficient force is applied thereto and the endsof said wire are bent to form loops vide a wall-tie which will permit the construction -of a wall which has a waterproof intersection, is inexpensive and which may have exposed masonry on either side thereof, thereby deleting the necessity of a furring system or a complex waterproofing system to prevent the penetration of moisture from the outer wythe through to the inner wythe.

It is yet a further object of the present invention to provide a wall-tie which will permit the installation of a waterproof membrane between the inner and outer wythes of a wall assembly, and thus permit the use of finishes upon the interior face of the inner wythe which are normally deleteriously affected by moisture.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a wall-tie which will permit the construction of a wall assembly having an outer wythe made of stucco.

It is still a further object of the present invention to provide a wall-tie of new and novel construction which can be easily and relatively inexpensively manufactured.

These and other object, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent when ever, tlieyrnust be designed so as to provide a good bond in masonry and the like, or alternatively, must be capable of being connected to abonded member within said wythes. It is to be further noted that although the openings have been described as preferably being slightly larger than the diameter of the wire, they may be made slightly smaller than, or substantially equal to, the diameter of the wire. In any event the interconnectionbetween the opening and the wire must be such that there is provided a substantially waterproof interconnection therebetween, while still permitting the disc to be slidably moveable upon the wire when a sufficient force is applied to the disc.

A waterproof membrane is connected between the inner wythe 24 and the outer wyths 26 of a wall assembly 28, in the following manner: v

A plurality of the wall-ties 10 are built into or connected to the inner wythe 24 by placing one of the ends 22 thereof into said wythe perpendicular thereto; the ties being placed in horizontally aligned rows approximately 16 inches apart from one another. As seen in FIGURES 3 and 4, a first waterproof membrane sheet 30, approximately 18 inches wide, is placed against the inner wythe 24 in abutting co-extensive relationship therewith, by pressing the top edges 32 thereof upon the wires 12, thus forming vertical tears or slits 34; the edge 32 projecting slightly above said wire, and the bottom edge of said sheet (not shown) is secured in a similar manner to the vertically aligned ties positioned immediately below. The length of the sheet 30, and thus the vertical spacing of said ties, is a matter of design and would normally be determined by the practicality and ease of handling said sheets. The length and width, however, will always provide for the side and top edge to project approximately an inch beyond the wire 12.

After the waterproof membrane sheet 30 is placed against the inner wythe 24, as hereinabove described, it is positionally secured by placing the discs 14 in abutting engagement therewith by slidably moving the same along the wires 12. A second waterproof membrane sheet 36 has the bottom edge 38 thereof pressed upon the wires 12 and forming vertical tears or slits 40, with the edge 38 projecting slightly below (approximately 1 inch), the wires 12 in overlapping relationship with the top edge 32 of the sheet 30; the discs 14 being interposed between said edges. The top edge of the sheet 36 (not shown) is secured to the ties positioned vertically above in the same manner as was the top edge 32 of the sheet 30. The discs 16 are then placed in abutting engagement with the sheet 36 by slidably moving the same along the wires, thus positionally securing said sheets with respect to said inner wythe. It is herein to be noted that the discs 14 and 16 are placed upon the wire 12 so that they are infrictional engagement therewith, thereby producing a tight fit.

The construction of the outer wythe 26 having the other ends 22 of said ties 10 therein completes the wall assembly 28 and encloses the waterproof membrane between the inner and outer wythes thereof.

It is herein to be noted that the completed waterproof membrane consists of the disc 14 and the waterproof membrane sheets 30 and 36, the disc 16 serving to posi tionally secure the sheet 36 in abutting relationship with the disc 14 and the sheet 30. When moisture passes through the outer wythe 26 it will be stopped by the sheet 36 and will flow downwardly thereon; if it permeates around disc 16 and along the wire 12 through the slit 40 in sheet 36, it will be stopped by the disc 14 and flow downwardly upon the sheet 30. The moisture can only pass around the discs 14 and 16 and not through the openings therein, due to the fact that the wire 12 passing through the openings 18 and 20 in the discs forms substantially waterproof interconnections.

It is thus seen that the waterproof membranes and discs provide a distinct barrier to the passage of moisture from the outer wythe to the inner wythe.

A second embodiment of the present invention, wherein similar parts are denoted by similar reference numerals, is depicted in FIGURES and 6.

In this embodiment a wall reinforcing member 50 including a pair of parallel rods 52 and 54 has a plurality of wall-tie cross-members A interconnected between said rods 52 and 54, respectively, perpendicular thereto.

The rods 52 are disposed in the inner wythe 24A, while the rods 54 are disposed in the outer wythe 26A, and serve to reinforce the same. The ties 10A serve to secure said inner wythe to said outer wythe and the wires 12A and the discs 14A and 16A thereof also serve to permit the application of a waterproof membrane between said inner and outer wythes, in the same manner and with the same efficacy as that described hereinabove in conjunction with the first embodiment of the present invention.

A third embodiment of the present invention is depicted in FIGURES 7 through 9.

In this embodiment there is shown a wall-tie 60 comprising a metal wire 62 of circular cross-section and a pair of circular discs 64 and 66, respectively, preferably made of a water impervious plastic material.

The wire 12 is initially straight and is inserted through central openings 68 and 70 in the discs 64 and 66, respectively, the openings 68 and 70 preferably being slightly larger than the diameter of the wire 62, thus permitting of slidable frictional movement of said discs upon said wire. One end of the wire is bent to form a loop 72 thereat, while the other end thereof is straight.

The loop end 72 of said Wire is secured to the inner wythe 74 of a wall assembly 76, and a waterproof membrane 78 is connected to the wires 62 in a manner similar to that described in conjunction with the first embodiment of the present invention.

A wire mesh 80 is then placed in abutting engagement with the membrane 78, by placing said mesh upon the straight ends of said wire members. The mesh 80 is then positionally secured by bending said straight ends upon themselves to form loops 82, which loops abut said wire mesh. The stucco surface 84 is then placed upon the wire mesh 80, to complete the wall assembly 76.

The ability to provide a waterproof wall assembly, wherein stucco is utilized as the outer wythe thereof, greatly reduces the cost of fabricating said wall assembly, While still retaining all of the desired structural features.

It is thus seen that I have provided a new and novel wall-tie which can be manufactured simply and relatively inexpensively for use in the construction of wall assemblies having inner and outer wythes, which will permit a waterproof membrane to easily and simply be installed between said wythes and which will form a part of said waterproof membrane.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, there are many modifications which may be made therein by persons skilled in the art.

What is claimed is:

1. A wall-tie for use in the construction of a wall assembly, said wall-tie comprising a longitudinal member having at least one transverse flat member slidably disposed thereon by means of an opening formed therein, the cross-sectional area of said opening and the cross-sectional area of said longitudinal member being substantially equal, the geometrical configuration of said opening and said cross-sectional area of said longitudinal memher being substantially the same, said longitudinal and said flat members forming a substantially waterproof interconnection therebetween, and means connected to at least one of the ends of said member to permit the same to be secured to said wall assembly.

2. A wall-tie for use in the construction of a wall assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein said flat member is a circular disc.

3. A wall-tie for use in the construction of a wall assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein said longitudinal member has a pair of circular discs slidably disposed thereon forming substantially waterproof interconnections therewith, each of said discs having a central opening therein through which said longitudinal member projects, to thereby permit slidable movement of said discs upon said longitudinal member.

4. A wall-tie for use in the construction of a wall assembly in accordance with claim 3, wherein said longitudinal member comprises a wire, and said means for connecting the end of said member to said wall assembly comprises an enlarged end portion on said wire memher.

5. A wall-tie for use in the construction of a wall assembly in accordance with claim 4, wherein said enlarged end portion is formed by bending said wire to form loops at the end thereof.

6. A wall-tie for use in the construction of a wall assembly in accordance with claim '5, wherein said circular discs are made of a substantially rigid, water impermeable, plastic material.

7. A wall-tie for use in the construction of a wall assembly in accordance with claim 5, wherein said wire member has a circular cross-section and said discs have circular openings therein whose diameter is slightly larger than that of said wire member, to permit slidable movement of said discs thereupon, while still forming substantially waterproof interconnections therewith.

8. A wall-tie in accordance with claim 1, wherein said flat member is disposed upon said longitudinal member in frictionally slidable engagement thereon.

9. A wall-tie in accordance with claim 3, wherein said circular discs are disposed upon said longitudinal member in frictionally slidable engagement thereon.

A wall reinforcing member for use in the construction of a wall assembly, said wall reinforcing member comprising a plurality of wall-ties and a pair of parallel rods, each of said wall-ties having one of the ends thereof connected to one of said parallel rods and the other of the ends thereof connected to the other of said parallel rods, each of said wall-ties comprising a longitudinal member having at least one flat member slidably disposed thereon.

11. A wall reinforcing member in accordance with claim 10, wherein each of said longitudinal members has a pair of flat members slidably disposed thereon.

12. A wall reinforcing member in accordance with claim 11, wherein said flat members are circular discs.

13. A wall reinforcing member in accordance with claim 11, wherein the interconnections between said flat members and said longitudinal members are substantially waterproof.

14. A Wall reinforcing member in accordance with claim 13, wherein said flat members are positioned upon said longitudinal members in frictionally slidable engagement thereon.

15. A wall reinforcing member in accordance with claim 14, wherein said flat members are circular discs.

16. A wall-tie for use in the construction of a Wall assembly, said wall-tie comprising a longitudinal member having a substantially constant cross-section throughout its length, said longitudinal member having at least one transversely disposed fiat member slidably disposed thereon and forming a substantially waterproof interconnection therewith, and means connected to each of the ends of said member to permit said ends to be secured to said wall assembly and to limit the slidable movement of said flat member upon said longitudinal member.

17. A wall-tie for use in the construction of a wall assembly in accordance with claim 16, wherein said means connected to the ends of said member are enlarged end portions formed integrally therewith.

18. A Wall-tie for use in the construction of a wall assembly in acordance with claim 17, wherein said flat member is a circular disc.

19. A wall-tie for use in the construction of a wall assembly in accordance with claim 17, wherein said longitudinal member has a pair of circular discs slidably mounted thereon, each of said discs having a central opening therein through which said longitudinal member projects, thereby permitting slidable movement of said discs upon said longitudinal member.

20. A wall-tie for use in the construction of a wall as- 6 sembly in accordance with claim 19, wherein said longitudinal member comprises a wire.

21. A wall-tie for use in the construction of a wall assembly in accordance with claim 20, wherein said enlarged end portions are formed by bending said wire to form loops at the ends thereof.

22. A wall-tie for use in the construction of a wall assembly in accordance with claim 21, wherein said circular discs are made of a substantially rigid, water impermeable, plastic material.

23. A wall-tie for use in the construction of a wall assembly in accordance with claim 20, wherein said Wire member has a circular cross-section.

24. A waterproof wall assembly comprising, an inner wythe, an outher wythe, and a wall-tie interconnected between said inner and outer wythes, said wall-tie comprising a longitudinal member having at least one transversely disposed fiat member slidably disposed thereon by means of an opening formed therein, the cross-sectional area of said opening and the cross-sectional area of said longitudinal member being substantially equal, the geometric configuration of said opening and said crosssectional area of said longitudinal member being substantially the same, and said longitudinal and said flat members forming a substantially waterproof interconnection therebetween.

25. A Waterproof wall assembly in acordance with claim 24, wherein said flat member is a circular disc.

26. A waterproof wall assembly in accordance with claim 24, wherein said longitudinal member has a. pair of circular discs slidably disposed thereon forming substantially waterproof interconnections therewith, each of said discs having a central opening therein through which said longitudinal member projects.

27. A waterproof wall assembly in accordance with claim 24, including a membrane disposed between said inner an douter wythes, said membrane being positionally secured between said wythes by means of said fiat member.

28. A waterproof wall assembly in accordance with claim 26, including a waterproof membrane disposed between said inner and outer wythes, said membrane being positionally secured between said wythes by means of said circular discs.

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ALFRED C. PERHAM, Primary Examiner.

U.S. Cl. X.R. 

